Portable play pen

ABSTRACT

A foldable, portable play pen comprising a floor of a plurality of hinged triangular foldable sections. Vertically erectable posts are hingedly secured to the floor&#39;&#39;s corners. The walls of the play pen are formed of a netting of sturdy material secured to the posts and the floor edges. Bumper are secured between the top portions of the posts and top edges of the netting.

Tigrett 5/98 R 0 United States Patent 1 1 1 1 3,924,280 Vaiano Dec. 9,1975 [5 PORTABLE PLAY PEN 3,165,760 1/1965 Abajian 5/98 R 3,474,47210/1969 Hamilton II... 5/98 R [76] Inventor" Vmcem south Ozone Park3,777,321 12/1973 Hargett 5/99 (2 NY 3,789,439 2/1974 Berg et al 5/98 R[22] Filed: June 7, 1974 Primary ExaminerCasm1r R. Nunberg PP N04477,196 Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Jacob L. Kollin 52 us. 01. 5/98 R; 5/99R [571 ABSTRACT [51] Int. Cl. A47D 9/00; A47D 7/00 A foldable, Portableplay pen comprising a floor of a [58] Field of Search 5/97, 98 R, 99 C99 R; plurality of hinged triangular foldable sections. Verti- 312/244cally erectable posts are hingedly secured to the floors corners. Thewalls of the play pen are formed [56] References Cited of a netting ofsturdy material secured to the posts and UNITED STATES PATENTS the flooredges. Bumper are secured between the top 2,781,527 2 1957 Landry 5/99 0pomons of the posts and top edges of the netting 2,790,978 5/1957 6Claims, 8 Drawing Figures US. Patent Dec. 9 1975 FIG. 2

PORTABLE PLAY PEN BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates toplay pens for children in general and in particular to a play penfoldable to a compact unit that may be carried about and quickly openedto usable form.

An important object of the invention is to provide a foldable, portableplay pen which can be manufactured and distributed at a reasonable cost.

These objects will become apparent from the following description andthe drawing.

To the accomplishment of the above and related objects, this inventionmay be embodied in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawing,attention being called to the fact, however, that the drawings areillustrative only, and that changes may be made in the specificconstruction illustrated and described within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the play pen in erected, unfoldedposition;

FIG. 2 is a view from the bottom of the unfolded floor of the pen;

FIG. 3 is a cross-section taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-section taken on line 5-5 of FIG. 2,

FIG. 6 is a cross-section taken on line 6-6 of FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 shows acarrying case with a hendle for the convenient carrying of the play pen,and

FIG. 8 is a section taken on line 8-8 of FIG. 1.

Referring now to the invention in detail, there is shown in FIG. 1 aplay pen 8 constructed in accordance with the objects of the invention.The play pen comprises a floor consisting of triangular sections ofrectangular sections 16 of Masonite, beaverboard or plywood, and ofspacers such as 40, 42 secured to a fabric sheet 18, so that they may befolded together along their adjacent edges indicated by dotted lines inFIG. 2. A removable padding 19 with a cover 21 is placed over the floor9. Four tubular posts 10, preferably of aluminum, for lightness, arehingedly secured at their lower ends to pairs of plates 12 which areformed with opposed integral hinge pins 14 extending into the lower endsof the posts. Plates 12 are secured to the corners of the bottom facesof triangular sections 16. When erected the posts 10 are held in avertical position by means of a slotted slide 20 displaceable on screws21 and terminating as a lock pin 22, which is ex tended through alignedholes 24 when the play pen is unfolded for use. The bottom ends of posts10 are provided with semi-spherical resilient bumpers 26 andassymetrically positioned bumpers 27 on the triangular floor sections15,16, to space the floor sections from a supporting surface whileproviding rigidity for the latter when they are unfolded.

Two of the triangular sections 15 are each provided with an aperture 28,through which extends a handle 30. The handle 30 is adapted to lie flaton the pad 19, 21 when the play pen is erected, so that it will notinterfere with the movements of a child about the floor 9. Handle 30 maybe pulled out however, after the posts 10 are unlocked, to pull thefloor sections upward in order to fold these together.

Secured to the posts 10 and the peripheral edge of floor 9 is a netting32, preferably of nylon or other sturdy synthetic material. The upperedge of net 32 is attached at 34 to an annular bumper 36 of suitablefabric enclosing a resilient core 38 of rubber or plastic materialsecured to the upper portions of posts 10.

In order to conveniently carry the folded play pen 8, there is provideda carrying bag or cover 40 having a zipper 42 and a carrying handle 44.

It will be noted that in addition to the main cut eges such as indicatedby dotted lines 40, the triangular sections are also provided withadditional cut edges such as 42. The purpose of the additional cuts isto provide spaces between the triangular sections, when folded, forreceiving the posts 10.

I claim:

1. A portable, foldable play pen comprising a floor made of a pluralityof flat triangular sections having a base and intersecting sides, aplurality of flat quandrangular sections arranged alternately of saidtriangular sections, a plurality of flat spacers disposed adjacentintermediate one of the sides of said triangular and said quadrangularsections, means permanently hingedly securing said sections to oneanother, a plurality of vertically erectable spaced posts hingedlysecured to said quadrangular sections, hinge means for said posts, meansfor rigidly securing said posts in erected position, a netting securedto said posts and to the outer edges of said sections, said nettingforming walls of said play pen and bumpers attached to the top portionsof said posts and top edges of said netting, said triangular, saidquadrangular sections, when folded in accordionlike fashion, formingchambers with spacers for receiving said posts, said hinge means being apair of angularly disposed plates terminating as hinge pins opposed toone another said plates being secured to said foldable sections, postshaving lower end portions provided with a first pair of aligned holesfor receiving said hinge plns.

2. The play pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for securingsaid foldable section is a flexible fabric.

3. The play pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for rigidlysecuring said posts in rigid position is a lock pin slidably secured toone of said foldable sections; said lower end portions having a secondpair of holes for receiving said lock pins.

4. The play pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein said posts are providedwith semispherical bumpers on their lower end portions, andasymmetrically irregularly arranged semispherical bumpers on said hingedfoldable sections.

5. The play pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bumpers are made ofa resilient material core, enclosed in a fabric covering.

6. The play pen as claimed in claim 1, further provided with a flexiblehandle for folding said hinged foldable sections, a pair of saidsections having apertures for the passage of the ends of said handle.

1. A portable, foldable play pen comprising a floor made of a pluralityof flat triangular sections having a base and intersecting sides, aplurality of flat quandrangular sections arranged alternately of saidtriangular sections, a plurality of flat spacers disposed adjacentintermediate one of the sides of said triangular and said quadrangularsections, means permanently hingedly securing said sections to oneanother, a plurality of vertically erectable spaced posts hingedlysecured to said quadrangular sections, hinge means for said posts, meansfor rigidly securing said posts in erected position, a netting securedto said posts and to the outer edges of said sections, said nettingforming walls of said play pen and bumpers attached to the top portionsof said posts and top edges of said netting, said triangular, saidquadrangular sections, when folded in accordion-like fashion, formingchambers with spacers for receiving said posts, said hinge means being apair of angularly disposed plates terminating as hinge pins opposed toone another said plates being secured to said foldable sections, postshaving lower end portions provided with a first pair of aligned holesfor receiving said hinge pins.
 2. The play pen as claimed in claim 1,wherein said means for securing said foldable section is a flexiblefabric.
 3. The play pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means forrigidly securing said posts in rigid position is a lock pin slidablysecured to one of said foldable sections; said lower end portions havinga second pair of holes for receiving said lock pins.
 4. The play pen asclaimed in claim 1, wherein said posts are provided with semisphericalbumpers on their lower end portions, and asymmetrically irregularlyarranged semispherical bumpers on said hinged foldable sections.
 5. Theplay pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bumpers are made of aresilient material core, enclosed in a fabric covering.
 6. The play penas claimed in claim 1, further provided with a flexible handle forfolding said hinged foldable sections, a pair of said sections havingapertures for the passage of the ends of said handle.